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It looks bad enough when any executive quits a company. Making the matter potentially worse for Facebook is the fact that Adam D'Angelo served as its chief technology officer. And strangely, it seems that the CTO position will be eliminated as he leaves.
Microsoft Appealing Record Fine From The EU
Microsoft said it is appealing a record $1.39 billion (899 million euro) fine from the European Commission for using high prices to reduce software competition.
"Microsoft today filed to the (EU) Court of First Instance an application to annul the European Commission decision of February 27,"the company said in statement. "We are filing this appeal in a constructive effort to seek clarity from the court."
Powerset Follows Hype With Debut
After a lot of blog buzz, Powerset finally launched its search engine with the initial aim at pulling information out of Wikipedia more effectively.
Cutts: Money The Root Of Spam
The profit motive drives spammers to do anything they can to get their offers in front of an audience, because somewhere out there, someone probably will buy into their scams.
Facebook Borrows $100 Million for Growth Purposes
Facebook is borrowing $100 million to accommodate growth on the site. The money, from venture loan firm TriplePoint, brings the amount raised to around $350 million.
The site has grown quickly and needs around 50,000 more servers to handle the load. Facebook has over 70 million active users and around 109 million monthly visitors.
Google Maps GTA's Liberty City
The success of a Google Maps design for Rockstar's blockbuster $500 million title Grand Theft Auto IV has game site IGN begging gamers for patience with their submitted content.
Live Nation Jams With AdBrite
Concert promoter Live Nation partnered with the AdBrite network on its eFan Finder to help the company track the thousands of shows it presents annually.
Google's Safe Search Filters
Over the past few months, some webmasters have complained that images on their sites were wrongly nabbed by Google Images' safe search feature. This means, of course, a significant reduction in audience size.
Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor
There isn't a dollar sign followed by a long string of digits to gape at, but Yahoo's latest acquisition is still creating some questions. Instead of some search or advertising company, the target was Inquisitor, a Safari browser plug-in.
Facebook Has Connections
On the heels of MySpace's Data Portability announcement, Facebook has unveiled Facebook Connect, which the social networking site is calling "the next iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to 'connect' their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any site."
Texas Investigating Amazon Over Taxes
Amazon.com may soon have to pay the state of Texas back taxes with penalties and interest after the state learned the online retailer had a distribution center in Irving.
The Texas Comptroller's Office is investigating if Amazon owes Texas possibly millions of dollars in uncollected sales taxes on purchases made by its customers in the state.
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope On Its Way
Google Sky isn't supposed to generate tons of revenue, so from a business perspective, it doesn't matter if there are competitors. Still, towards the end of this month, a little toe-stepping may take place as Microsoft releases its WorldWide Telescope.
Five Ways To Score Big On Digg
The big social media sites receive thousands of submissions continually. Yours doesn't have to be one that never escapes Digg's Upcoming section, or the basement of any social bookmarking presence.
Google As Corporate Cop Creates Enemies
One, among many, things can be said about Google: The company has taken punches from some pretty powerful hitters and has not gone away. The drama that has played out over the years has lived up to its hype and shows no sign of falling curtains. The drama will just get grander actually, as Google encroaches on the territories of more empires.
Schmidt Says Google Founders Are Adults
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Google founders have grown up.
"The boys have grown up," Schmidt said at a news conference before the company's annual meeting referring to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Say Goodbye To Google's Hello
When Google bought Picasa, a photo-sharing division called Hello went along for the ride. Unfortunately for Hello and its users, a sort of fatal crash is scheduled to take place on May 15th.
Google, News Corp Might Be Bidding On Blinkx
A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company's stock up 53 percent today.
Microsoft Leaves Door Open For Yahoo Deal
Microsoft claims it is through with its acquisition plans of Yahoo according to Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie.
Google Resources Help With Myanmar Cyclone Relief
The company organized some of its resources to assist the humanitarian efforts going on in Myanmar, where thousands have died or are missing after a cyclone tore through the country.
Microsoft Sends Off Its Yahoo Board Nominees
People who would have voted in favor of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, were they on the Yahoo board, no longer need to wonder if Microsoft will nominate them to do that task.
Capital Idea: Google Looking At Letters
Google could be making distinctions in keywords based on whether or not the first letter is capitalized.
Word Users, Prepare For Critical Update
Microsoft's monthly patch release schedule includes a Critical fix for an issue in their Office program, Word, and two other fixes rated the same.
Now There Are Two Net Neutrality House Bills
Congressional Net Neutrality proponents appear to be taking a multi-pronged approach to passing legislation to cement what many call the First Amendment of the Internet, a moniker that may oversimplify it a bit. Two days after Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) Internet Freedom and Preservation Act was debated in the House Energy Committee, Representatives John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) re-introduce the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act.
Facebook Agrees To Child Safety Plan
Facebook has announced an agreement with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to take significant steps to protect children on the social networking site.
The move comes after a similar agreement was reached with MySpace in January. The Facebook agreement is aimed at better protecting children from online predators and inappropriate content.
Fresh Google Analytics Seminars Added To Schedule
Google has announced a few new Analytics seminars through which it plans to continue spreading important knowledge. Also, although people living in Boston, Chicago, and Orlando won't be able to make a direct profit by going, there'll be a little bit of wealth-sharing, too.
Google Responds To Staff Departures
Since Google has won all sorts of "best workplace" awards, it at first seemed unusual when high-level employees would leave. The trend turned weird, then worrisome, as it continued. But Google's maintaining that its operations haven't been hurt in the least.
MySpace Launches Data Availability Effort
MySpace is launching what it calls the MySpace "Data Availability" initiative that will allow users to share their information with a number of partner sites.
Google Web Security For Enterprise Launches
Employees can't work well when their computers are infected with various sorts of malware. Employees won't work well when they're looking at naked people or other not-really-work-related content. And so the new Google Web Security for Enterprise service aims to fix both issues.
Keywords: Find Theirs, Protect Yours
One clever SEO professional said sitemaps are the keys to the kingdom of well-performing keywords.
Google Image Search Meeting Image Ads
Display advertising, where Google does not shine as brightly as it does in search ads, could be coming to the image searching side of the site.
EU Says Online Travel Sites Misleading
A third of European consumers are being misled or ripped off by Web sites selling airline tickets, according to EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.
"It is unacceptable that one in three consumers going to book a plane ticket online is being ripped off or misled and confused," Kuneva told a news conference.
Twitter Blacklist Bites Thumb At Obnoxious People
A public service or draconian narc network? You be the judge. It didn't take long for a few things to happen with Twitter: for so-called spammers to seek out a "marketing" advantage; for Twitterers to fight back against said spammers; and for a moral authority to form.
Bill Gates Talks Up Vista Sales
To be fair, I think any one of us would be thrilled to move 140 million copies of something. But Microsoft is held to a higher standard, and so Bill Gates's positive comment about Vista sales is raising some eyebrows.
Microsoft Considers Facebook Acquisition
Microsoft is attempting to see if Facebook has any interest in being purchased by the software company after it abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo.
According to the WSJ Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, to see if it would be interested in being acquired.
Last October, Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in Facebook, which valued the social networking site at $15 billion. An unnamed source says there are no active talks between the two companies.
MySpace Experiencing Ad- Related Revenue Difficulties
The good news, from News Corp's perspective, is that MySpace is continuing to grow. The bad news is that profiting off social ads is tougher than the corporation had expected.
Yahoo Tries Glue Pages In India
Anyone who's ever found traditional search results to be a little one-dimensional should be glad to hear that Yahoo's addressing the issue. Something called Glue Pages Beta slaps together normal search results, Google Blog Search results, Yahoo Answers results, HowStuffWorks articles, Wikipedia entries, Flickr images, and YouTube videos all in one place.
China Likely To Censor The Web During Games
China says it can't promise that it won't censor the Internet this summer during the Beijing Olympics.
Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic organizers, had assured the International Olympic Committee that the 30,000 reporters covering the games would have open access to the Internet.
SEO By Webmasters Helps Google's Appeal
In theory, any company should be able to compete with Google on search. Yet Google owns some two-thirds of the queries made in the US search engine market.
Microsoft Needs A Search Identity
Too much variation between the company's Live and MSN properties makes it look like the branding professionals had no input into the design.
Tighten Your Copy Or Lose Your Visitors
If you're spending plenty of money and time on marketing and advertising, be wary of landing pages that veer into undue verbosity.
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